Lorenzo Rocco

Research Fellow

University of Padova

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Lorenzo Rocco is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Padova. He obtaind a Ph.D in economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (France) in 2005.
He is an applied economist and his fields of research include the socio-economic determinants of health, the influence of health on labor market outcomes and several aspects of the economics of education.
His researches have been published in The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Health Economics and Social Science and Medicine among others. He contributed to several reports commissioned by the World bank, the World Health Organization, the OECD and The European Commission.

Lorenzo Rocco joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2019.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7976
A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data
Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (2), 189-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7311
Does Mental Productivity Decline with Age? Evidence from Chess Players
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Selection and the Age-Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess Players' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2015, 110, 45–58
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6629
When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 104, 65-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6114
The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5479
The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores
Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32, 234-246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5409
Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism 15 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Giorgio Brunello, Elena Crivellaro, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Lost in Transition? The returns to education acquired under communism in the first decade of the new millennium' in: Economics of Transition, 2012, 20 (4), 637-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3327
The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess
Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2534
On the Efficiency Costs of De-tracking Secondary Schools
Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1854
Why Is the Timing of School Tracking So Heterogeneous?
Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco
substantial revision published as 'On the efficiency costs of de-tracking secondary schools in Europe" in: Education Economics, [iFirst]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1336
Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Educational standards in private and public schools' in: The Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (533), 1866-1887
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